Ersson, Flyers choose up consecutive wins for first time this season

Ersson, Flyers pick up consecutive wins for first time this season initially appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia

The Flyers had one other grind-it-out win Thursday night time with a 2-1 choice over the Blues on the Wells Fargo Heart.

Bobby Brink scored the game-winning objective with 3:01 minutes left within the third interval. Samuel Ersson delivered the products in web on Halloween. He made a superb save on a redirection with 20.2 seconds remaining.

“You recognize he’ll present up for each recreation, he’ll make some enormous saves for us and hold us in each recreation,” Nick Seeler stated. “That is a goalie you need to play in entrance of.”

Noah Cates adopted up Ersson’s save with a giant blocked shot 10 seconds later to assist seal the win.

Garnet Hathaway netted the game-opening objective within the first interval after Ryan Poehling made an electrical play up ice.

The Flyers (4-6-1) received consecutive video games for the primary time this season. After giving up 4 or extra objectives in seven of their first 9 video games, the Flyers have yielded just one over these two straight wins. They have been capable of construct on the 2-0 blanking of the Bruins from Tuesday night.

“It is one thing I would wish to see occur for us, to play two or three in a row,” head coach John Tortorella stated at morning skate. “Then it begins being instinctive, how we play. I feel we confirmed extra of our identification in opposition to Boston, what our commonplace of play is and the model of play, minus nonetheless some struggling offensively. However it’s essential to put two or three in a row, so that is the focus, that is what our assembly was about this morning.”

Following a six-game shedding streak, the Flyers have received three of their final 4 video games to stabilize a bit.

“We all know what made us profitable final yr and it was sort of taking part in the best way we did these final two,” Brink stated. “I feel we’re getting again to it and it has led to a few wins right here.”

Tortorella’s membership sees the Blues (5-6-0) once more in a month when it visits St. Louis on the finish of November.

“We’re simply attempting to play inside our construction,” Tortorella stated, “and hopefully our offense will begin to come.”

• Coming off a 25-save shutout over the Bruins, Ersson denied 20 of 21 pictures in opposition to the Blues.

“You possibly can sort of sense it, once we’re blocking pictures, once we’re doing the small issues proper, you may sort of really feel it on the bench and on the ice that we’re rolling,” the 25-year-old stated. “I feel that offers us confidence and we all know that we’re an excellent group once we play like this.”

St. Louis lastly cracked Ersson halfway by the third interval when Nathan Walker buried a rebound.

Aleksei Kolosov backed up Ersson for the second straight recreation. At morning skate, Tortorella confirmed that the Flyers are rolling with the 22-year-old proper now as their No. 2. Ivan Fedotov, the third goalie on the membership’s roster, has been a wholesome scratch the final three video games after giving up 14 goals over three starts.

“Ivan had some video games, we weren’t completely satisfied along with his recreation,” the top coach stated. “We will have a look at Kolosov. To me, that is how I really feel about it. I am unsure the place all of it goes because the grand plan, as we carry on going right here, as a result of we even have to consider Feds, too, to get him a while.”

St. Louis netminder Jordan Binnington stopped 19 of the Flyers’ 21 pictures.

• Poehling put the Flyers’ offense on his again halfway by the primary interval when he went coast to coast, dangling by the Blues with a slew of strikes to arrange Hathaway’s objective.

Spotlight-reel stuff from the 25-year-old middle.

“Coach all the time tells me to belief my legs and making performs, I feel that is the largest factor,” Poehling stated. “Simply skating by the zone and creating area for myself after which simply beating guys up the ice. Hath made a terrific play, too, recognizing that he might beat his man up the ice.”

• Seeler used his left hand to dam a shot within the first interval. His effort was applauded by followers as he bought again as much as his toes and skated off in ache. The defenseman was animated when he arrived to the bench.

How was the hand postgame?

“Sore,” Seeler stated with a smile.

The Flyers have fought it offensively, however they’ve defended like a Tortorella group the final two video games.

“When our construction’s good, we’re often taking part in fairly nicely,” Seeler stated. “That is the best way we now have to play to achieve this league. We’re not going to out-skill most groups; we now have to outwork them.”

• Matvei Michkov went scoreless for a 3rd straight recreation. He appeared drained Thursday night time and never like his common, puck-hunting self. Simply appeared off.

The 19-year-old rookie nonetheless has 9 factors (4 objectives, 5 assists) by 11 video games.

“He is a terrific child, he needs to take action nicely,” Tortorella stated. “But it surely’s lots, it is lots for him.”

• The Flyers apply Friday in Voorhees, New Jersey earlier than internet hosting the Bruins on Saturday (1 p.m. ET/NBCSP).

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